Our Pregnancy Update – Week 34

The arrival of our new baby boy is a mere six weeks away or 42 days or approximately 1,008 hours – regardless the clock keeps ticking, while he keeps kicking.

He keeps growing as well, which is a good thing but has been very tiring on my wife who is pictured here for the first time on this blog as a soon-to-be mom!

Isn’t she adorable? [Note: all heads must be nodding – I learned the marriage mantra early, “Happy Wife, Happy Life.”]

Like I said, he’s still growing and here’s the latest update to that effect from the fine folks at BabyCenter.com who provide weekly updates on the baby’s developmental milestones. Here are the latest details:

Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long. His fat layers — which will help regulate his body temperature once he’s born — are filling him out. His skin is also smoother than ever.

His central nervous system is maturing and his lungs are continuing to mature as well.

If you’ve been nervous about preterm labor, you’ll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

Additionally, BabyCenter has playfully used the components of a salad bar as the primary growth comparators throughout this journey – feel free to belly-up-to-the buffet listed below.